Thursday, January 21, 2010

Dosas are in the house again! our attempt to making dosas attracted dosa master Aarti, with Harry (both Sunwise alumni) and little Ansel. We discovered that running around the kitchen-hall-livingroom loop makes kids happy! and it just keeps going and going.Come over, and just add curry leaf paste (to be added to the appropriate amount of rice in the usual way).

Wednesday, January 20, 2010

Braving torrential rains and just beating the snows, Andy returns from the North trailering a hand-build wooden sauna! With over 200 hours of labor invested in the thing, it sure looks sharp, though a bit more to finish the interior. We're all impressed he made this happen! Come and see what it's all about!

Monday, January 18, 2010

Question for you all: what was the most unusual topic that you found consensus on at a house meeting? My personal favorite after at least an hour discussion with house-guests present and listening in: it is not permitted to pee in the sink, though you may pee in the compost pile in a pinch. The compost will benefit from nitrogen though the salinity will go up as well. The sink is where people wash produce and their faces...

It's almost midnight, it's raining, there's only minutes left of Ashley's birthday, but the music is playing and we've found the gasoline. It's time for Ashley to teach the Sunwisers to spin fire! (click on image for larger view).

Sunday, January 17, 2010

This little guy greeted me on Saturday morning as I prepared to make breakfast for workday! Squash being put to good use. Now he welcomes you to the SCHA blog, a place for us to share tidbits of our lives, projects, and adventures at the Sunwise and J-st Co-ops!